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DAC meeting, held under the chairmanship of Raksha Mantri Rajnath Singh, accorded Acceptance of Necessity (AoN) for capital acquisition proposals worth approximately Rs 7,800 crore.
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Defence Minister Rajnath Singh held a telephonic conversation with Canadian Defence Minister Anita Anand on Wednesday (Apr 19). The conversation was warm and cordial, stated a release.
Raksha Mantri Rajnath Singh has approved a proposal for bringing in industry-friendly reform related to Authority Holding Sealed Particulars (AHSP). So far, DGQA was the AHSP for majority of defence items.
In the global sky, India has emerged as a star which is not only shining but also illuminating others with its glow, Defence Minister Rajnath Singh. Singh was speaking at the 14th edition of the Aero India 2023.
PM Modi is scheduled to inaugurate the 14th edition of Asia’s largest aero show – Aero India 2023 - in Bengaluru, Karnataka on Feb 13. Spanning over five days, the theme of the event is ‘The runway to a billion opportunities.’
The reach-out event for 'Aero India' 2023, organized by Department of Defence Production, Ministry of Defence, was attended by Ambassadors, High Commissioners, Chargé d'affaires and Defence Attachés of over 80 countries. Raksha Mantri Rajnath Singh invited the representatives from across the world.
The Defence Acquisition Council (DAC) of the defence ministry on Thursday accorded the approval for Acceptance of Necessity (AoN) for 24 Capital Acquisition Proposals. 21 proposals, worth Rs 82,127 crore (97.4 per cent), are approved for procurement from indigenous sources.
Amid China's growing assertiveness on maritime issues, Defence Minister Rajnath Singh on reaffirmed India's call for a free, open and inclusive order in the Indo-Pacific region.
Defence Minister Rajnath Singh on Wednesday (Nov 23) described transnational and cross-border terrorism as the gravest threat that the world is facing, and called for urgent and resolute intervention by the international community.
Defence Minister Rajnath Singh will be attending the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) Defense Ministers plus Meeting (ADMM) and the India-ASEAN defence ministers meeting.
Defence Minister Rajnath Singh on Wednesday (Nov 9) said the Indian Army was one of the most trusted and inspiring organizations in the country. Army top brass discussed current and emerging security threats, transformation, and increasing induction of made-in-India weapon systems in force on the third day of the conference.
Union Defence Minister Rajnath Singh will host the Defence Ministers of African Nations during the India - Africa Defence Dialogue (IADD) on Oct 18, 2022 on the sidelines of the 12th DefExpo in Gandhinagar, Gujarat.
Defence Minister Rajnath Singh on Friday (Oct 14) launched 'Maa Bharati Ke Sapoot' website for contribution to the Armed Forces Battle Casualties Welfare Fund (AFBCWF) and appealed to the people to contribute generously to the fund.
Union Defence Minister Rajnath Singh celebrated Vijayadashami with Jawans of Armed Forces and ITBP personnel in Auli, Uttarakhand. Raksha Mantri also performed Shastra Puja during his visit and applauded the contribution of Armed forces.
The number of companies registered for participating in the 11thedition of the biennial mega defence exhibition, DefExpo 2020, to be held between February 5-9, has reached 1,000. The number of participating foreign companies has also increased to 165 from the previous figure of 160.
Raksha Mantri Rajnath Singh launched the mobile app of the forthcoming DefExpo 2020 today. The app is available on Apple App Store and Android Play Store. The main features of the app are ‘inform, engage and feedback’. It provides detailed information about the day-to-day events; participating exhibitors; Defence Public Sector Undertakings (DPSUs), guest speakers of seminars/webinars; publications i.e., electronic brochures and e-books; maps and directions of the venues and city weather.
Increasing strategic bilateral ties, India and the US initiated the second 2+2 dialogue in Washington. The meeting was led by Defence Minister Rajnath Singh and External Affairs Minister (EAM) S Jaishankar, from the Indian side and Secretary of State Michael Pompeo and Secretary of Defense Mark Esper from the US side focused on sharing vision of the two sides on global perspectives, including the geopolitically significant Indo-Pacific region.
India and Mozambique today reiterated their commitment to strengthen bilateral defence cooperation. Mozambique Minister of Defence Atanasio Salvador M’Tumukeis on an official visit to India along with a delegation. It follows the earlier visit of Raksha Mantri Rajnath Singh to Mozambique in July 2019.
Shouldering the responsibilities of those who have shouldered responsibility of our nation, proposal to extend the period of retention of government accommodation by Battle Casualties from all the three Services to one year from the existing three months has been approved. Raksha Mantri Rajnath Singh while approving the proposal reviewed the existing provisions and recommended the extension of the period to boost the morale of the Service personnel.
Raksha Mantri Rajnath Singh on Tuesday called upon the Russian Defence Industry to jointly manufacture defence platforms and equipment with India that will give a massive boost to the nations’ exports to third countries. Raksha Mantri was addressing CEOs of Original Equipment Manufacturers (OEMs) from Russian Defence Industry after jointly inaugurating ‘India-Russia Defence Industry Cooperation Conference’ with Russian Minister of Industry and Trade Denis Manturov.
In a major outreach to the defence manufacturing industries of the world, Ministry of Defence organised Ambassadors’ Round Table conference on DefExpo 2020, chaired by Raksha Mantri Rajnath Singh on Monday.
Calling for isolating all nations that have adopted terrorism as their state policy and affect the world in one way or the other, Raksha Mantri Rajnath Singh spoke at the ‘Curtain Raiser’ of the first-ever India-Uzbekistan Joint Exercise ‘Dustlik 2019’. His Uzbekistan counterpart Major General Bakhodir Nizamovich Kurbanov was also present.
Giving a big impetus to the indigenous industry, the Defence Acquisition Council (DAC) has accorded approval for Capital Procurement for the Defence forces amounting to over 3,300 crore rupees of indigenously designed and developed equipment. Maintaining its impetus on the Make in India initiative, the DAC accorded approval for three projects to be indigenously designed, developed and manufactured by the Indian industry.
Expressing extreme happiness on meeting all senior Army officers in first of its kind event in his tenure, Raksha Mantri Rajnath Singh addressed the Army Commanders and the Army hierarchy on Friday. Raksha Mantri narrated personal experiences and emotions relating to Armed Forces from his student & political life.
Strengthening the motto of ‘Beti Bachao Beti Padhao’, Raksha Mantri Rajnath Singh has approved a proposal for admission of girl children in Sainik schools w.e.f. academic session 2021-22 in a phased manner. The decision has been taken following the success of the pilot project started by the Ministry of Defence for admission of girl children in Sainik School Chhingchhip in Mizoram two years ago.
Shouldering the responsibilities of those who have shouldered responsibility of our nation, enhancement of monetary assistance to Next of Kin (NoK) of all categories of Battle Casualty (BC) from Rs two lakh to Rs eight lakh has been approved. While giving principle approval, Raksha Mantri Rajnath Singh informed that the amount will be granted under Army Battle Casualties Welfare Fund (ABCWF).
Today, INS Nilgiri, the first of the Indian Navy's seven new stealth frigates with enhanced stealth features fitted with State-of-the-art weapons & sensors splashed the waters. Savitri Singh, spouse of Raksha Mantri Rajnath Singh today launched Nilgiri, which is the first ship of Project 17A here, and said that launching the first of such stealth frigates has brought him immense pride and satisfaction for the defence capabilities of the country.
In an effort to give major boost to underwater combat capabilities, the second most sophisticated submarine of the Indian Navy, INS Khanderi, is ready to protect Mumbai's coastline. The Navy's strength at sea has been further enhanced by the Navy's induction of a submarine capable of destroying enemy ships located 300 km off the coast of Mumbai.
Reviewing the planning and arrangements for the huge defence exhibition, Raksha Mantri Rajnath Singh chaired the first meeting of the Apex Committee for DefExpo 2020 on Monday in the presence of Chief Minister of Uttar Pradesh Yogi Adityanath. The huge exhibition that will showcase India’s Defence manufacturing capabilities, as well as the world’s top defence manufacturing companies, would be held for the first time in Lucknow from February 5 the next year.
Reiterating loud and strong that Kashmir Valley is an integral part of India, Union Defence Minister Rajnath Singh asserted that Pakistan has no locus standi on the region and should not be under any illusion about the same. Continuing to maintain a tough stand on Pakistan, Rajnath Singh on Thursday warned Pakistan to not indulge in unsubstantiated and vitriolic talk on Jammu and Kashmir.
Spreading the message of true parenting, Raksha Mantri Rajnath Singh has approved extension of benefits of Child Care Leave (CCL) to single male service personnel and certain relaxations of CCL provisions in case of woman officers of defence forces; in line with a recent DoPT order extending similar benefits of CCL to civilian employees.
Defence Research Development Organisation (DRDO) successfully flight-tested its state-of-the-art Quick Reaction Surface-to-Air Missiles (QRSAM) against live aerial targets from Integrated Test Range (ITR), Chandipur on Sunday.
Respecting the work, zeal and love to serve the country National Cadet Corps (NCC) have positioned themselves to a level garnering with respect and honor. Honoring them, Raksha Mantri Rajnath Singh has approved the increase in the number of awards given to the cadets of National Cadet Corps (NCC) from the existing 143 to 243 as also the cash incentives in various categories.
Replacement of ageing and obsolete defence equipment is part of the modernization of Armed Forces which is a continuous process based on threat perception, operational challenges, technological changes, and available resources. The process is based on a 15 years Long Term Integrated Perspective Plan (LTIPP), five year Service Capital Acquisition Plan (SCAP) and Annual Acquisition Plan (AAP).
There was happiness in each and everyone’s mind as Union Budget for the financial year 2019-20 is very impressive plus is for the people, presented by the Finance Minister in the Parliament today, envisaged a total outlay of Rs. 27,84,200 crore. Out of this Rs. 3,18,931.22 crore has been earmarked for Defence (excluding Defence Pension). For Defence Pension, an amount of Rs. 1,12,079.57 crore has been provided in BE 2019-20. Total Defence Allocation, including Defence Pension, accounts for 15.48% of the tot
Is the ruckus on visual media – rumour mongering, speculations, exaggerations and cacophony - a prelude to even costlier and more dangerous disruptive pre-2019 election crisis proliferation heralding chaos and anarchy?
The Indian Air Force on Monday achieved a milestone as it has successfully carried out refuelling of indigenously developed light combat aircraft Tejas. Notably, the first ever mid-air refuelling of the indigenously developed light combat aircraft Tejas was successfully carried out, placing India in an elite group of countries having air-to-air refuelling system for military planes.
Commencing on an official bilateral visit to the Kingdom of Thailand, Raksha Mantri Nirmala Sitharaman held bilateral talks with Deputy Prime Minister and Defence Minister of Thailand His Excellency Gen. Prawit Wongsuwon in Bangkok. The Ministers welcomed the positive momentum and substantive content of ongoing bilateral defence engagement and discussed measures to further enhance and deepen defence cooperation between India and Thailand.
India on Sunday successfully test fired the indigenously developed helicopter launched Anti-Tank Guided Missile ‘HELINA’ from Pokhran in Rajasthan. Notably, it is a huge success for India’s point of view and will increase the strength of Indian security forces. The indigenously designed and developed guided bombs Smart Anti Airfield Weapon (SAAW) was also successfully flight tested from IAF aircraft at Chandan range in Jaisalmer. The ‘HELINA’ weapon system released smoothly from the launch platform has trac
India for the eighth time has successfully tested Anti Airfield Weapon (SAAW), which is capable of destroying a variety of ground targets using precision navigation. Notably, the indigenously designed and developed guided bombs Smart Anti Airfield Weapon (SAAW) were successfully flight tested from IAF aircraft at Chandan range in Pokhran, Rajasthan. The weapon has undergone eight developmental trials till date and performance of a system for different ranges under multiple launch conditions has been demonst
In a shocking incident, the website of the Ministry of Defence was hacked on Friday evening. Upon opening the official website of Ministry of Defence the message of error was flashed with the Chinese character. Notably, upon the official website of Ministry of Defence (http://mod.nic.in), the message was flashed on a home page saying, “The website encountered an unexpected error. Please try again later”. The site also displayed a Chinese' character, which purportedly means 'home'.
Raksha Mantri Nirmala Sitharaman has pitched for the like minded nations to join hands to evolve and formulate collective responses to emerging challenges in the maritime domain. The Defense Minister said that the Indian Ocean Region (IOR) has progressively gained centre-stage largely due to the political impact of its regional dynamics on international geo-politics.
Raksha Mantri Nirmala Sitharaman interacted with CII representatives consisting of Indian companies and foreign OEMS at a round table on Energising ‘Make in India’ in defence sector.
Defence Minister Nirmala Sitharaman has emphasised the need for the Indian Navy to be strong at sea and be ever vigilant to counter any challenges in the maritime domain. In her address during the ongoing Naval Commanders’ Conference in New Delhi yesterday, Sitharaman took note of the recent developments in maritime neighbourhood and complimented all naval personnel for securing the maritime interests of the nation.
